The South Africa national under-20 rugby union team, nicknamed the Junior Boks, the Baby Boks or the Junior Springboks, is the junior side of South Africa at national level. It has played in the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, first known as the IRB Junior World Championship, since that tournament began in 2008, and it also competes in the U20 Rugby Championship, which started in 2024. Until 2018 it was treated as the country's next-senior second-level fifteen-a-side national side, a status World Rugby no longer allows age-grade teams to hold. The side has one of the strongest records in the competition and is named as the champion in 2012, 2025 and 2026; by July 2026 it had played 114 under-20 internationals against 19 nations.
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The South Africa national under-20 rugby union team (nicknamed the Junior Boks or the Baby Boks)
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They have been competing in the World Rugby Under 20 Championship (formerly the IRB Junior World Championship) since its inception in 2008
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